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- Republic of Ireland
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ARC, Stockton Arts Centre
21/11/2017
- 21/11/2017
Stockton on Tees
Belmont Filmhouse
13/10/2017
- 16/10/2017
Aberdeen
BFI Southbank
29/09/2017
- 29/09/2017
(Preview Screening)
Lambeth,
London
Broadway Cinema
17/10/2017
- 19/10/2017
Nottingham
Broadway Cinema & Theatre (Letchworth)
16/09/2018
- 16/09/2018
Letchworth Garden City
Cinema & Co
11/07/2018
- 11/07/2018
Swansea
Cromarty and Resolis Film Society
21/04/2018
- 21/04/2018
Cromarty
Curzon Bloomsbury
06/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Excluded Dates: 11th
Camden,
London
Derby QUAD
27/10/2017
- 28/10/2017
Derby
Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA)
17/11/2017
- 17/11/2017
Dundee
Eden Court Theatre
27/10/2017
- 28/10/2017
Electric Cinema (Portobello)
29/10/2017
- 29/10/2017
Kensington and Chelsea,
London
Everyman Bristol
16/10/2017
- 16/10/2017
Bristol
Everyman Chelmsford
13/10/2017
- 19/10/2017
Excluded Dates: 15th, 18th
Chelmsford
Everyman Harrogate
13/10/2017
- 19/10/2017
Harrogate
Everyman Stratford-upon-Avon
16/10/2017
- 16/10/2017
Stratford-upon-Avon
Filmhouse
13/10/2017
- 16/10/2017
Edinburgh
Glasgow Film Theatre
03/11/2017
- 04/11/2017
Glasgow
Godalming Film Society
16/08/2018
- 16/08/2018
Godalming
Hebden Bridge Picture House
28/10/2017
- 28/10/2017
Hebden Bridge
HOME
06/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Manchester
Irish Film Institute
06/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Dublin
Kino-Teatr
28/10/2017
- 28/10/2017
St Leonards on Sea
Light House Cinema
06/10/2017
- 14/10/2017
Dublin
Olympic Cinema
22/03/2018
- 22/03/2018
Richmond upon Thames,
London
Picturehouse Central
06/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Westminster,
London
Prince Charles Cinema
04/02/2018
- 04/02/2018
Westminster,
London
Queen's Film Theatre
30/10/2017
- 02/11/2017
Belfast
Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre
27/11/2017
- 27/11/2017
Dumfries
Showroom Workstation
06/10/2017
- 18/10/2017
Excluded Dates: 14th, 15th, 16th
Sheffield
Square Chapel Centre for Arts
21/10/2017
- 25/10/2017
Excluded Dates: 23rd, 24th
Halifax
Taliesin Arts Centre
22/11/2017
- 22/11/2017
Swansea
The Dukes
13/11/2017
- 14/11/2017
Lancaster
The Grosvenor
27/10/2017
- 27/10/2017
Glasgow
The Poly
01/11/2017
- 01/11/2017
Falmouth
Triskel Arts Centre
18/01/2018
- 18/01/2018
Cork
Tyneside Cinema
08/10/2017
- 16/10/2017
Excluded Dates: 14th
Newcastle upon Tyne
Watershed
28/07/2017
- 28/07/2017
(Preview as part of Cinema Rediscovered)
Bristol
Watershed
06/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Bristol
ARC, Stockton Arts Centre
21/11/2017
- 21/11/2017
Stockton on Tees
Hebden Bridge Picture House
28/10/2017
- 28/10/2017
Hebden Bridge
HOME
06/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Manchester
Showroom Workstation
06/10/2017
- 18/10/2017
Excluded Dates: 14th, 15th, 16th
Sheffield
Tyneside Cinema
08/10/2017
- 16/10/2017
Excluded Dates: 14th
Newcastle upon Tyne
Belmont Filmhouse
13/10/2017
- 16/10/2017
Aberdeen
Cromarty and Resolis Film Society
21/04/2018
- 21/04/2018
Cromarty
Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA)
17/11/2017
- 17/11/2017
Dundee
Eden Court Theatre
27/10/2017
- 28/10/2017
Filmhouse
13/10/2017
- 16/10/2017
Edinburgh
Glasgow Film Theatre
03/11/2017
- 04/11/2017
Glasgow
Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre
27/11/2017
- 27/11/2017
Dumfries
BFI Southbank
29/09/2017
- 29/09/2017
(Preview Screening)
Lambeth,
London
Curzon Bloomsbury
06/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Excluded Dates: 11th
Camden,
London
Electric Cinema (Portobello)
29/10/2017
- 29/10/2017
Kensington and Chelsea,
London
Olympic Cinema
22/03/2018
- 22/03/2018
Richmond upon Thames,
London
Picturehouse Central
06/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Westminster,
London
Prince Charles Cinema
04/02/2018
- 04/02/2018
Westminster,
London
Broadway Cinema
17/10/2017
- 19/10/2017
Nottingham
Derby QUAD
27/10/2017
- 28/10/2017
Derby
Broadway Cinema & Theatre (Letchworth)
16/09/2018
- 16/09/2018
Letchworth Garden City
Godalming Film Society
16/08/2018
- 16/08/2018
Godalming
Cinema & Co
11/07/2018
- 11/07/2018
Swansea
Everyman Chelmsford
13/10/2017
- 19/10/2017
Excluded Dates: 15th, 18th
Chelmsford
Everyman Harrogate
13/10/2017
- 19/10/2017
Harrogate
Everyman Stratford-upon-Avon
16/10/2017
- 16/10/2017
Stratford-upon-Avon
Kino-Teatr
28/10/2017
- 28/10/2017
St Leonards on Sea
Light House Cinema
06/10/2017
- 14/10/2017
Dublin
Square Chapel Centre for Arts
21/10/2017
- 25/10/2017
Excluded Dates: 23rd, 24th
Halifax
The Dukes
13/11/2017
- 14/11/2017
Lancaster
The Grosvenor
27/10/2017
- 27/10/2017
Glasgow
The Poly
01/11/2017
- 01/11/2017
Falmouth
Triskel Arts Centre
18/01/2018
- 18/01/2018
Cork
Everyman Bristol
16/10/2017
- 16/10/2017
Bristol
Watershed
28/07/2017
- 28/07/2017
(Preview as part of Cinema Rediscovered)
Bristol
Watershed
06/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Bristol
Irish Film Institute
06/10/2017
- 12/10/2017
Dublin
Queen's Film Theatre
30/10/2017
- 02/11/2017
Belfast
Taliesin Arts Centre
22/11/2017
- 22/11/2017
Swansea
John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya
Joel and Ethan Coen’s thrilling debut feature launched them as distinctive new voices in cinema on its release three decades ago.
We’re delighted to make this stylish, imaginative and hard-boiled neo noir available to book in a luminous new 2K DCP restoration (from 4K digital transfer) overseen by the Coens and the film’s cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld.
Immediately pulpy and cultish in feel, Blood Simple possesses all the characteristics that propelled the Coens to later success – razor sharp dialogue; a predilection for lethal and futile violence; ironic, fatalistic humour; and an inventive focus on the tragicomic lives of idiosyncratic misfits.
M. Emmett Walsh is sleazy Texas private eye Visser, hired by bar owner Marty (Dan Hedaya) to kill his unfaithful wife (Frances McDormand) and her lover (John Getz). Given a plan to work from, he decides to modify it without warning; and matters quickly spiral out of control.
Beautifully shot and performed and with a haunting score by the Coens’ longtime collaborator Carter Burwell, it’s a landmark film, a trailblazing, near virtuosic debut which reinvented the noir for a new generation and marked the arrival of two filmmakers who would go on to revolutionise the American indie cinema scene.
